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On July 26, 1847, two days after the Mormon pioneers entered this valley, Brigham Young and his party climbed to this point and, with the aid of field glasses, made a careful survey of the mountains, canyons, and streams. The group included Heber C. Kimball, Wilford Woodruff, George A. Smith, Ezra T. Benson, Willard Richards, Albert Carrington, and William Clayton. Wilford Woodruff, the first to ascend the peak, suggested it as a fitting place to “set up an ensign” (Isaiah 11:12), and it was then named Ensign Peak. Subsequently the Stars and Stripes were raised here.
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